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This week, we’ll discuss coverage of Donald Trump's new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. Who is McMaster? We’ll also talk about t...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
Caption: Looking out for you!
The Emotion Roadmap radio show helps people manage their own emotions and influence the emotions of others. Frustrated voters are tired of partisan...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Mace , Credit: npr.org
A conversation with Simone Senogles and Noreen Hautala about the state of affairs in Standing Rock. This segment aired October 28, 2016.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 15:57
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Could it be that Hilary Clinton did win both the popular vote AND the electoral college?? In the 2016 Presidential election results, there are ver...

Bought by KRZA and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Could it be that Hilary Clinton did win both the popular vote AND the electoral college?? In the 2016 Presidential election results, there are ver...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Jessica Terrell introduces the deadly events of Nov. 5, 2011 when a white off-duty federal agent shot and killed a Nat...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 36:35
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we focus on the September 9th National Prison Strike. We hear the Free Alabama Movement’s initial call for the strike, learn a bit...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 22:20
  • Purchases: 1
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The Living Well Show presents Greg Palast, investigative journalist, who tells us about the "New Jim Crow" efforts to deny the vote to millions of ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:41
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David Rozenholc is the tenant lawyer who took on Donald Trump in one of the most famous cases in New York City real estate history. Rozenholc preve...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:52
Caption: Joe Bev in the press box gathering sound for his Bernie Sanders special., Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Joe Bevilacqua hosts an hour with Bernie Sanders, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Sarah Silverman, Lorie Kellogg, and Tim...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:36
Caption: Rubble after the collapse in Vivekananda , Credit: Sandip Roy
A recent disaster in Kolkata brings out the lookie-loos - and much more.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
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We all know this feeling. You're driving. Maybe you're speeding. Maybe you don't think you're doing anything wrong. All of a sudden blue lights fla...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 15:48
  • Purchases: 1
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The law isn’t actually written in stone. It morphs and changes with the times. What happens when laws change all of a sudden and people find themse...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 19:32
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When prisoners act out, they get put in solitary confinement-- the penal version of 'go to your room and think about what you've done.' But for the...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2015
  • Length: 24:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Climate change is here affecting weather conditions and sea levels. In India it's also having a more surprising influence on the country's tigers. ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Commentary by Director Sasha Jenkins of "Fresh Dressed"

  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:56
Caption: Hanns Scharff  "Master Interrogator" of the Luftwaffe, Credit: Scharff Estate
Why torture doesn't work. How to trick the enemy into revealing secrets. Lessons from the Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe. The British Poli...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WRPI


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Former Sunnyvale Mayor Tony Spitaleri leading a City Council meeting last January when the new gun ordinance went into effect., Credit: Liz Pfeffer
Sunnyvale, California doesn't have a history of violence, so why does the mayor want to make a safe city safer?

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
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They may not have made it to the Superbowl- but the “Washington Football team” has gotten a lot of attention this season- not so much for their per...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
According to the latest statistics available, one teen or child is killed with a gun every 3 hours 15 minutes, many by their peers. It's time for ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
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Drone attacks. Black sites where prisoners are tortured. Guantanamo is still in operation. As we enter the 6th year of Barack Obamas presidency, I...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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What India's latest space mission to Mars can tell us about the difficulties in reconciling the aspirations of the "haves" and the "have nots."

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
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What the adoption of Sharia in Brunei can tell us about the importance of modern interpretations of Islamic law.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:15
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A 60 second quake, wreaked complete, long term havoc over the country of Haiti

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 26:50
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Recently, a man convicted of aiding the prostitution of a young woman who was exploited by over 150 men, was given a 3 week sentence. This sente...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:45